News and information on hunting, archery and fishing in South and Central Texas. Boating, lake level and river level information provided for Braunig Lake, Lake Calaveras, Canyon Lake, Medina Lake and others. Whitetail deer and turkey season information and tips.

Freshwater

BRAUNIG: Water clear; 86 degrees. Striped bass are excellent on liver and shad off points near the pier and at the north end of the park, and down rigging silver and gold spoons near the jetty and dam. Channel catfish are excellent on liver, shrimp, cut bait, and cheesebait near the dam and the discharge. Blue catfish are good on cut bait.

BUCHANAN: Water clear; 86 degrees; 9.65 feet low. Black bass are good on daiquiri JDC Skip-N-Pop topwaters, blue shad flukes, Rat-L-Traps, and wacky rigged watermelon red Whacky Sticks along docks and over flats early. Striped bass are good on Spoiler Shads plastic swim baits and drifting or free lining live bait around Lighthouse Point at first light. Channel catfish are good on liver, minnows, and dipbait. Yellow and blue catfish are very good on rod/reel, juglines and trotlines baited with goldfish and perch upriver.

CALAVERAS: Water clear; 86 degrees. Striped bass are good on spoons and striper jigs near the dam and the crappie wall in 15-20 feet, and on chicken livers and shad along the shoreline. Redfish are good on rigging spoons with green grubs between the crappie wall and the dam in 15-20 feet, and on crawfish and tilapia along the shoreline. Channel and blue catfish are excellent on liver, shrimp, cheesebait, and shad near the railroad trestle, 181 Cove, and the discharge.

CANYON LAKE: Water clear; 87 degrees; 1.13 feet high. Smallmouth bass are fair on topwaters, root beer JDC grubs, and craws in 10-30 feet at daylight. Crappie are fair on white or chartreuse crappie jigs and live minnows tight to lay down tree tops and brush upriver. Channel catfish are slow. Yellow and blue catfish are very good on trotlines and juglines baited with live goldfish and perch from Cranes Mill Park to the mouth of the river.

CHOKE CANYON: Water clear; 88 degrees; 4.14 feet low. Black bass are fair on minnows and white spinnerbaits. Channel and blue catfish are very good on frozen shrimp and punchbait. Yellow catfish are fair on live perch.

COLETO CREEK: Water fairly clear; 86 degrees (97 degrees at discharge); 0.10 feet high. Black bass are fair on minnows. White bass are fair on minnows. Channel and blue catfish are good on shrimp, liver, and live perch. Yellow catfish are fair on trotlines and juglines baited with live perch in 10-20 feet.

FALCON: Water clear; 85 degrees. Black bass are good on white spinnerbaits. Striped bass are slow. Channel and blue catfish are excellent on stinkbait and frozen shrimp.

LBJ: Water stained; 88 degrees; 0.30 feet low. Black bass are good on watermelon Curb’s Erratic jigs, watermelon red Whacky Sticks, and pumpkin 4-inch tubes near docks and lay downs along seawalls and in 10 feet at daylight. Striped bass are good on Creme Lure’s 2-inch Spoiler Shads and 1-inch Li’l Fishies at night. White bass are fair to good on Li’l Fishies at night. Crappie are fair to good on Curb’s crappie jigs and live minnows over brush piles in clear water. Channel catfish very good on nightcrawlers, liver, and dipbait. Yellow and blue catfish very good on trotlines baited with goldfish and perch.

TRAVIS: Water fairly clear; 87 degrees; 8.05 feet low. Black bass are good on bone topwaters, watermelon worms, and grubs in 5-15 feet. Striped bass are slow. White bass are fair on chrome jigging spoons and minnows in 35-42 feet. Crappie are slow. Channel and blue catfish are good on nightcrawlers and fresh cut bait in 28-45 feet.

Saltwater (north to south)

EAST MATAGORDA BAY: Trout are fair for drifters on live shrimp over humps and scattered shell. Trout and redfish are fair to good on the shorelines for waders tossing small topwaters and plastics. Redfish are good in Lake Austin.

WEST MATAGORDA BAY: Trout are fair on sand and grass humps on soft plastics and topwaters. Redfish are good on live shrimp and topwaters in Oyster Lake, Crab Lake and Shell Island.

PORT O’CONNOR: Bull redfish are good in the surf and at the jetty on natural baits. Trout and redfish are fair for drifters working the back lakes with live shrimp.

ROCKPORT: Redfish are good on mullet on the Estes Flats and around Mud Island. Redfish are showing up in large schools. Trout and redfish are good in the back of Allyn’s Bight.

PORT ARANSAS: Trout are fair around Super Flats on topwaters. Redfish are fair at East Flats and Shamrock Cove on topwaters and plastics under rattling corks. Offshore is good for amberjack, kingfish, tuna and dolphin.

CORPUS CHRISTI: Redfish are good on the shallow flats on gold spoons and small topwaters. Sand trout and croakers are good in the channels on fresh shrimp.

BAFFIN BAY: Trout are good on topwaters and plum plastics around rocks and grass. Redfish are good in the Land Cut on live bait. Redfish are fair to good in knee-deep water on gold spoons and topwaters.

PORT MANSFIELD: Trout are fair to good around East Cut. Redfish are showing in large schools on the sand. Redfish are fair to good while drifting pot holes on topwaters and soft plastics under a popping cork. Offshore is good for kingfish, ling and dolphin.

SOUTH PADRE: Trout, redfish and snook are fair to good on the flats on DOA Lures and live bait. Tarpon are fair to good around the jetty.

PORT ISABEL: Redfish are good at Gas Well Flats and in South Bay on scented baits. Trout and redfish are fair to good while drifting sand and grass flats on live shrimp, DOA Shrimp and Gulps under popping corks.